by Thomas E. Mitchell, Jr.
Since slavery, the Black image has been savaged by racism, oppression, and the lies of White supremacy and Black inferiority.
Buoying those lies of supremacy and inferiority was--and are--negative imagery that has run the gamut, from “less than human African savages, heathens,” and “N’s” to violent, thugged and drugged out, rap influenced “gangstas,” “hoochies,” “goldd...